Splice-bar.



S. G. DAVIS.

SPLICE BAR.

APPLICATION FILED r1115. 15, 1910.

Patented Sept 13,1910.

STEPHEN G. DAVIS, F GEORGETOWN, JILLINOIS.

SPLICE-BAR.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Sept. 13, 1910.

Application filed February 15, 1910. Serial No. 543,927.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, STEPHEN G. DAVIS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Georgetown, in the county of Vermilion and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Splice-Bar, of which the following is a specification.

Thisinvention relates to splice bars for holding together and supporting the meeting end portions of railway rails and its ob]ect is to provide a device of this charactendesigned to bear upon and engage a plurality of ties so as to prevent said ties from moving toward or away from each other.

A further object is to provide a splice bar of this character arranged to project under and support the rails at their meetin ends and to engage and support the treat portions of the rails.

A further object is to provide a bar havingtimproved means for attaching the rails A still further object is to provide :1 splice bar having combined reinforcing and holdmg devices upon the lower face thereof, the said devices'constituting spacing means for holding the ties apart.

\Vith these and other objects in view the invention consists of certain novel details I of construction and combinations of arts hereinafter more fully described and pointed out in the claim.

In the accompanying drawings the preferred form of the invention has been shown.

In said drawings z-Figure 1 is a side clevation of the meeting end portions of two rails and showing a splice bar connected thereto, the said bar being mounted on ties extending under the rails. Fig. 2 is a section on line A-l3 Fig. l. Fi 3 is a perspective view of one of the splice bars.

Referring to the figures by characters of reference 1 designates the elongated base portion of one of the splice bars there being an angular upstanding longitudinally extending rail engaging member 2 formed upon this base portion and overhanging the same. This rail engaging portion is so shaped as to fit snugly upon the upper face of one of the base flanges of a rail, said base flange bearing on the base portion 1. A longitudinally extending flange 3 is formed along the free longitudinal edge of the rail engaging portion 2 and is so shaped as t o-.-fit snugly against the web and the lowerface of the head of a' rail and has a from the bolt.

of the advantages of t the ribs distances equal to the thickness of.

the tiesA on which the splice bar is to be mounted. Either or both of the upstanding flanges 3 may be provided in its inner face adjacent the center thereof with 0. Ion itudinal groove 8 for the purpose hereina ter set forth.

In using the device herein described the two base portions'l are inserted under opposite portions. of the bases of the meeting rails B and the overhanging portions 2 wil thus bear downwardl on the upper faces of the base flanges w ile the flan e 3 will fit snugly-against the webs and t e heads of the rails. The bolts 5 can then be in serted through the registering openings within the flanges 3 and the rail webs. The bolts utilized for this purpose are preferably provided with longitudinal grooves 9 in which a wire 10 is seated, the ends of this wire bein foldable into a, slot 11 in the head of the bolt and over the nut 12 engaging the opposite end of said bolt. Said wire thus constitutes efficient means for preventing the nut from becoming disengaged )roperly connected thebase portions 1 can be placed on'the supporting tie A, the ribs 6 resting between the ties while the lu s 7 hang beyond said ties. The ribs and ugs will thus cooperate to prevent the ties from either working toward or away from each other. Moreover the ribs (5 serve to rei nforce the intermediate portions of the splice bars and the meeting ends of the rails C are thus prevented from sagging.

\Vhen the splice bars are used in connection with the tracks of street railway systems or the like where bonded rails are employed, the grooves 8 are utilized so as to receive the bonding wires.

It is to be understood of course that various changes may be made in the construction and arrangement of the p'artswlthout departing from the s )ii'it or sacrificing any 0 invention asdefined in the appende claim.

What is claim (1 is The combination with rails having abutting ends, of splicebars each consisting of a base portion eXtenciing-unfler "the meeting portions of the mils, an integral overhanging portion contacting with the upper feces of the adjoining base flanges of the rails, a flange upon said overhanging portion. and contacting with the web and head of each rail, depending longitudinally extending ribs for preventing the ties on which the base portions are mounted from moving toward each other, depending projections 'upon the end portions of the bases for preventing saicl ties from moving apart, and means extendlng transversely through the flanges and Web for holding them. together,

evesso able Wire seated within the slot in. each bolt and exteinling radially Within the head of the holt and across the outer face of the nut.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto eflixed my signw ture in the presence of two witnesses.

STEE HEN DAVES.

Witnesses 'B. C RICHIE, H. J ELL'iO'lTL 

